hey guys im in the middle of doing my battery to boot install . Ive ran a 0 gauge wire from the starter motor to the battery in the boot. one ground wire from the boot to neg terminal on battery and one ground from the engine to chassis. the problem im having is what do i do with the left over wiring from the positive terminal ? . does it connect to a power source, ive read some threads on here and cant work out a simple answer. ill take a pic tomorrow of what im left with. cheers guys

Have you had a look at this thread --> http://65.98.23.226/~calais/showthread.php?t=176320

yer i did but it didnt make much sense with the extra wiring. sorry im shocking with electrics

to put it simply, anything that was originally running to your positive terminal in the engine bay now has to be run to your starter motor. Your starter motor is the new positive terminal

yeh wat nukz said thats how i did it works perfect

ah ok so the alternator wires. fusible links. etc. that makes sense.and i assume i can ditch the factory power cable from the terminal to the starter post

Quote: Originally Posted by Wkd_Vl [View Post] ah ok so the alternator wires. fusible links. etc. that makes sense.and i assume i can ditch the factory power cable from the terminal to the starter post Correct. Make sure you still have a cable running from the alternator to the starter post as well. The same applies to all the ground wires that were originally running to your negative terminal. They now need to be connected to your engine block/chassis grounding point. Some say that you need to run a zero guage cable from the negative terminal on your battery (in the boot) to the front of the car on your engine block. However I've had mine setup for years now as yours is, with just a cable from the negative terminal to the boot floor, and then one from the engine block to the chassis and it's been perfect!

hey mate thanks heaps for the info. ive just dummied the wiring up and just tried my electrics and its working witch is great. so just gonna spend the time neating and finishing it up. might make a new alternator wire and few other wires

just a questions guys im getting some voltage drops with using lights and parkers. could this be to do with the battery to boot im running two grounds. one from the battery to the boot latch holder and another from the block to body but its the factory ground cable.

I had to add an earth wire to the headlight looms.